Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-15
THE LATEST NEWS.

Action has been instituted in London
against the managers of the American exhi3 :
ton to restrain rifle shooting, done by The
Wild West combination during their perform
ances, the compliments alleging that tins
shooting is nuisance.
The Chamber Of Deputies, by a vote oF
l67 to Al, adopted the clause of the military
hill providing for three years service. Sus
pending discussion on the bill the chamber
voted, 50, o5, urgency for the proposal IS
raise to 20 francs per hectoitre the duty Oh
foreign alcohol.
"A serious riot was threatened ut I.ncoi.
Ncb., the ohor day between two gangs ID
men employed in laying track for rival stree,
cay companies on Tenth street. Both COM
panies were fighting for the possession of the
street, and AZ fast as the rails were laid by
one gang tie other would tear them up ant.
replace them by their own. The leaders
finally drew revolvers and guarded their mt,:
with loud threats, until the police stepped il
and put three of them under arrest. Among
those arrested was John Fitzgerald, president
of the Irish National League of America, ans;
a stakeholder in one of the rival companies.
He was fined $40 and costs for tlourisling {,
revolver.
Three hundred and tif;v-iivc new money
order Offices have been established by the
postmaster-gcneraI. The fo!owin. are
among them: In Iowa-Amish, Brooks,
GAINESVILLE, Cleariicld, Donnelson, Etna,
Grant City, HedricE, Holstcin. Lehigh, Loli-
Ia, Maurice, North Washington, Sumner, Trey
md In Val, r,c1
Bluffs, Doniphan: Elwood, Grant, Hartwcli
Homer, Lodge, Polo, O'Connor, Ravcnn,.
South Omaha, Springvicw, Trenton and VII
sonviile.
Count Paris held & reception al Island
Jersey recently. His visitors numbered zoo
and Included Due de Broslie, Gen. Leilo, Gen.
La Charlotte, and other distinguished per.
CONS
-Sprudle announces that parncll is staying
at Carlsbad, suffering from diabetes.
Lindsay Sloper, musical composer and
pianist, died at London recently. He was 81
years of age.
Tho 149th call for $40, 10000 3 per cent.
bonds maturcd on the LIST inst Since then s15.-
1900 of bonds have been redeemed by the
treasury department, leaving s4,2 $3.50 Of that
call still outstanding. OF the bonds redeemed
81. oOo,O'O have been deposited with United
States treasurer to secure the national bank
circulation. The per cent loan amounted to
$50, $4,000, all Of which has been called
The amount redeemed to date is s294, 1885,
so there is still outstanding $S,2239, $50 Pay
1ncnts from the treasury on account of pen
sions since the LIST inst amount to nearly Sl2-
0OO,OU The expenditures so far this month
exceed receipts by over 81 100000, and there
is every indication that this excess will be main
tanned ut the treasury department. ane that
the large expenditures to BE- made between
now and the LIST OF September will reduce iil,
treasury surplus t. about 1850. 600 BY the
last-named date.
The other night two fires broke out al
most simultaneously i'll hotel and IL saw mill
III Clarendon, seven miles east of Warren.
Pa, and about all that was saved in the town
was the railroad depot. The area burned over
is about twenty acres, and the value CT the
buildings is roughly estimated at $50, 900, OK
elusive Of contents. The insurance is insip-
nlticant. Eleven hundred people are home
less and camping out in the woods 1t is be-
lieved the fire was Of iucendary origin. and
the trouble is alleged TO have grown ont of the
refusal OF the county authorities to grant
liquor licenses: The proprietor Of the hotel
where the fire was first discovered is charged
with having uttered threats to burn the town,
and lie tied to the woods He was soon cap
tnrcd, however, and placed in jail Threats
OF lynching we're made